The current fleet of 20 patrol bicycles will be tripled, according to DBKL director-general Datuk Mohd Amin Nordin Abd Aziz during a graduation ceremony for 19 enforcement officers at Taman Tasik Titiwangsa recently.…

Over 250 cyclists gathered at the Changi Civil Service Club on Sunday to raise over $50,000 for disadvantaged youths under the StarBuilders programme, which aims to empower these youths to take part in community projects.…

Polar, leader in heart rate sensors, training apps, wearable sports devices and activity trackers, has announced a partnership with MyFitnessPal, a leading free resource helping people improve their health.…

Shimano introduced today a revamped Acera group set. Acera is designed for entry level mountain bikes. Thanks to the trickle-down effect, entry level riders profit from innovations made for high end group sets. …

How-To: Speed Vest for Night Cycling

If car users knew how fast cyclists were moving, would they be more willing to share the road? That’s the question posed by Mykle Hansen in the intro to his Speed Vest project from MAKE Volume 19.

Bicyclists receive a lot of honk-based grief from car drivers who perceive them as slow and in the way, and when drivers misjudge a bicycle’s speed, it can cause “right hook” collisions that kill several bicyclists each year. This lightweight night-cycling vest displays your current speed in glowing, 7-inch-tall numbers easily visible to cars. On the back, an Arduino microcontroller reads input from an off-the-shelf bike speedometer sensor, and then switches power to sewn-in numerals made from electroluminescent (EL) wire.

Mykle’s entire project is now up on Make: Projects for you to check out, collaborate, and build your own vest. Safety first! Check out this video to see the vest in action: